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DEDICATED TO YOU< A FREE CITIZEN IN A FREE LAND

THIS REPRODUCTION OF THE FAMOUS LIBERTY BELL IN INDEPENDENCE HALL,PHILADELPHIA, WAS PRESENTED TO THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN BY A GROUP OF AMERICAN COMPANIES AT THE SUGGESTION OF GENERAL DOUGLAS MacARTHUR. THIS PRESENTATION WAS ARRANGED BY THE HONORABLE JOHN W. SNYDER, SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES TREASURY.

THE DIMENSIONS AND TONE ARE IDENTICAL WITH THOSE OF THE ORIGINAL LIBERTY BELL WHEN IT RANG OUT THE INDEPENDENCE OF AMERICA IN 1776, BECOMING THEREBY A SYMBOL OF FREEDOM TO NOT ONLY AMERICANS BUT ALL MANKIND.

IN STANDING BEFORE THIS SYMBOL, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEDICATE YOURSELF, AS DID THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM WHICH YOU SHARE WITH FREE CITIZENS EVERYWHERE.

THIS REPRODUCTION OF THE FAMOUS LIBERTY BELL IN INDEPENDENCE HALL,PHILADELPHIA, WAS PRESENTED TO THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN BY A GROUP OF AMERICAN COMPANIES AT THE SUGGESTION OF GENERAL DOUGLAS MacARTHUR. THIS PRESENTATION WAS ARRANGED BY THE HONORABLE JOHN W. SNYDER, SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES TREASURY.

THE DIMENSIONS AND TONE ARE IDENTICAL WITH THOSE OF THE ORIGINAL LIBERTY BELL WHEN IT RANG OUT THE INDEPENDENCE OF AMERICA IN 1776, BECOMING THEREBY A SYMBOL OF FREEDOM TO NOT ONLY AMERICANS BUT ALL MANKIND.

IN STANDING BEFORE THIS SYMBOL, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEDICATE YOURSELF, AS DID THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM WHICH YOU SHARE WITH FREE CITIZENS EVERYWHERE.